The leaves are generally about 6 inches long, although ramps tend to be harvested at a somewhat earlier stage than are wild leeks. Good ramps or wild leeks should have two or three whole bright green leaves with the small white bulb attached by a purplish stem. Regarding harvesting, Ramp-age at the Earthy Delights blog says: The same goes for Leelanau Conservancy natural areas! Your best bet is on your own land or a friends or Michigan State Forest or Park lands. If you’re wanting to harvest leeks, be aware that cannot harvest them in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore due to park regulations. To the south, they are more commonly known as ramps while in the north, wild leek is more common. Wikipedia’s page on Allium tricoccum says that “ramps” comes from the English word ramson, a common name of the European bear leek (Allium ursinum) that is related to our American species. Whether you know them as ramps, wild leeks, spring onions or by their scientific name of Allium tricoccum, ramps are a wild onion with a delicious & pungent garlicky flavor. Wild leeks are found from as far south as Alabama all the way up into Canada. Leeks are in the woods right now, and we’ve heard reports of MORELS out there as well!! You often find these oniony treasures when you’re morel hunting. Here’s some of a Wild Leek feature originally published on.
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